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Numbers 0–20

Goal: count from zero to twenty, ask 'How many?', and say easy sums like two plus three is five.
Say each number out loud. Count things around you — cups of buna, pieces of injera, birr.

zero, one, two, three, four, five

ዜሮ፣ አንድ፣ ሁለት፣ ሦስት፣ አራት፣ አምስት

slow

six, seven, eight, nine, ten

ስድስት፣ ሰባት፣ ስምንት፣ ዘጠኝ፣ አስር

slow

eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen

አስራ አንድ፣ አስራ ሁለት፣ አስራ ሦስት፣ አስራ አራት፣ አስራ አምስት

slow

sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty

አስራ ስድስት፣ አስራ ሰባት፣ አስራ ስምንት፣ አስራ ዘጠኝ፣ ሀያ

slow

How many cups?

ስንት ኩባያ? — ቁጥር መጠየቂያ

Almaz is at the market. She wants eggs. 'How many eggs?' asks the seller. Almaz says, 'Ten eggs, please.' She also buys five oranges. Five and ten — that is fifteen things in her bag. The eggs cost twenty birr. Almaz says, 'Thank you!'

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seven